Alexander Kuznetsov graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov
Conservatoire in 2004. He made his debut performing the principal role in
Tchaikovskyís Eugene Onegin in 2002. He joined the Mikhailovsky Opera in 2004,
where he performed Figaro in Rossiniís Il barbiere di Siviglia, Valentin in
Gounodís Faust, Eisenstein in Straussís Die Fledermaus, Edwin in Kalmanís Silva,
Onegin in Eugene Onegin, DíArtagnan in Alexander Tchaikovskyís Les trois
mousquetaires (productions by Stanislav Gaudasinsky), Grigory Gryaznoy in
Rimsky-Korsakovís Tsarís Bride (production by Andrey Moguchy). He also took part
in the Russian première of Brittenís Billy Budd (Mr Redburn), staged by Willy
Decker, and in the concert performances of Bizetís Carmen (Escamillo) under the
baton of Vasily Petrenko and Rimsky-Korsakovís Snow Maiden (Mizgir) under the
baton of Dmitri Jurowski.